The effect of emotion regulation on substance use and examination of marital adjustment in parents

The effect of emotion regulation on substance use and the effect of emotion regulation and marital adjustment in parents were researched in this study. The research was carried out by applying a questionnaire consisting of Demographic Information Form, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale Short Form and Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale both to 30 men between the ages of 18-35 living in Istanbul who have a history of substance use and have undergone rehabilitation at the any rehabilitation center with related to substance use and their parents and to 30 participants aged 18-35 living in Istanbul without a history of substance use and their parents, between November and August of 2022. According to the findings, it was concluded that parents whose children have a history of substance use have more emotion regulation difficulties and lower dyadic adjustment than parents in the control group, adults have a history of substance use have more emotion regulation difficulties than adults in the control group.